Cat Tales July 2017

Our 2017 ‘Head for the Mountains’ concours was a resounding success. The weather added to the excitement – will the rain hold off; will it be dry enough to park on the grass, etc. – and, in the end, everything worked out. A huge thank you to Ed Howie, chief judge, and concours co-chairs, David and Rhonda Ballard and all the volunteers for a great concours.

Our concours enjoyed the support of other JCNA clubs with members from Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Virginia, Ontario, Canada, and Tennessee. We appreciate their participation and look forward to their return next year.

The Silent Auction was another huge success headed once again by Jamie Lovello. Our treasurer, Mike Smale, emailed me that $2,812.49 was raised so far. Jamie announced that this was her last year in charge of the Silent Auction. We appreciate the years that Jamie has run the auction. She has established it as a trademark of the concours that we all look forward to. Thankfully, CJC members, Barbara Caudill and Colleen Lloyd-Roberts, will take Jamie’s place. Please note that it takes two people to replace Jamie.

Bill and Margaret Bingham created an extensive memory board, celebrating 25 years of events – car shows, trips, social events – from 1992 – 2017, that was on display in the main lodge. Over the next few months, Bill is providing excerpts from past club reports in our newsletter. I look forward to reading them.

If you look at the list of 2017 Officers and Committee Chairs to the right of this letter, you’ll see a new name listed – Richard Lloyd-Roberts, Webmaster. Richard used his considerable talents to create a stunning awards presentation slideshow exhibited during the awards banquet. During the concours, Richard was busy posting activities and highlights on the club’s Facebook, Instagram and Twitter pages. In fact, if you were unable to attend the concours, if you go onto our Facebook page, you can relive the day-by-day activities and antics.

At the concours, we welcomed the visit of long-time members, Jerry and Mary Turner, who moved to Florida two years ago. They are long-time members of our club – much loved and much missed. It was so good to see them and meet their extended family.

Congratulations to following CJC members who showed and placed at our concours: